Um, faultering economy?

If the economy was faultering that badly and I needed cash, the first thing to go from my list of possessions would *not* be my $300 bicycle.

It would be my $37,000 SUV, and all of the associated costs that come with owning it (gas, repair, plate tags, AAA membership, increased healthcare costs associated with adult onset diabetes, heart problems, & obesity that come nicely packaged with my SUV-powered sedentary lifestyle...)